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People's COVID stances changing
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:49 pm
My COVID stance of basically just gotta let it ride has been largely unchanged since the get go.
I've seen more ppl shift towards this line of thinking.
My brother on the other hand has reversed. He was towards just gotta let it ride though April.
Now he's a full fledged mask/lockdown "if we wear masks for a month it'll all go away" advocate.
He's educated. A professional.
I suspect maybe an acquaintance died or something.
I've got no idea why the change.
Have you all seen ppl change?
Which way?
Why?
I've seen more ppl shift towards this line of thinking.
My brother on the other hand has reversed. He was towards just gotta let it ride though April.
Now he's a full fledged mask/lockdown "if we wear masks for a month it'll all go away" advocate.
He's educated. A professional.
I suspect maybe an acquaintance died or something.
I've got no idea why the change.
Have you all seen ppl change?
Which way?
Why?
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Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:50 pm to Privateer 2007
Have you asked him what he’ll think if he’s still wearing a mask 3 or 4 months from now?
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:51 pm to Privateer 2007
quote:
My COVID stance of basically just gotta let it ride has been largely unchanged since the get go.
This basically.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:51 pm to Privateer 2007
quote:
He's educated.
AOC is educated... doesn’t make you smart or rational...
What’s his feelings on all the data that’s been misreported , like Florida’s 98% positive rate... actually it was just a decimal error .. 9.8%... our bad lol.
But yes the data never scared me from the start. Plus I know I got it back at Christmas and being overweight , I was a prime suspect for hospitalization ( never got that bad ) except the body shakes and sweating and high fever , but I was fine after 2 days..
This post was edited on 7/20/20 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:52 pm to Privateer 2007
Mental illness is strong with the mask wearers
Or maybe your brother knows he has very poor genetics and nature is coming for him. Why is he against nature? Sounds alt-right.
Or maybe your brother knows he has very poor genetics and nature is coming for him. Why is he against nature? Sounds alt-right.
This post was edited on 7/20/20 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:52 pm to Privateer 2007
I'm not sure exactly what your parameters of "just gotta let it ride" are, but it would be interesting to see an alternate universe type of scenario where no steps were taken to see how it played out.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:53 pm to Privateer 2007
Is he over the age of 65?
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:53 pm to Privateer 2007
So he's a sheep? Got it.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:53 pm to Privateer 2007
quote:
if we wear masks for a month it'll all go away" advocate.
Anyone who says this should be beaten with a hose.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:54 pm to Privateer 2007
quote:
Have you all seen ppl change?
Which way?
Why?
My parents willingly wore mask and gloves in March/April.
Now they both refuse to wear masks.
Why did they change? Because masks became a form of political virtue signaling.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:55 pm to Privateer 2007
quote:
I suspect maybe an acquaintance died or something.
Maybe. People tend to think irrationally when their emotions get fired up.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:55 pm to Privateer 2007
Did you not read the thread earlier? If your don’t wear a mask you have no college educations
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:55 pm to Privateer 2007
I honestly don't know that I think anymore. 
I was all for a temporary shutdown like we had while they figured this stuff out and let us keep from overwhelming hospitals. I had in my mind by the summer we would be back to normal.
Then the goal post moved and this shite is dragging out and the scare tactics are on a full on blitz and it pissed me off.
Lately I've come around and am more open minded about the mask wearing and have done so where requested, even though I'm not convinced that it's making a big difference.
The thing I feel strongest about at the moment is that kids need to be back in school, but the loons are winning the battle all over the country and it makes me want to puke.
I was all for a temporary shutdown like we had while they figured this stuff out and let us keep from overwhelming hospitals. I had in my mind by the summer we would be back to normal.
Then the goal post moved and this shite is dragging out and the scare tactics are on a full on blitz and it pissed me off.
Lately I've come around and am more open minded about the mask wearing and have done so where requested, even though I'm not convinced that it's making a big difference.
The thing I feel strongest about at the moment is that kids need to be back in school, but the loons are winning the battle all over the country and it makes me want to puke.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:56 pm to YF12
quote:
maybe your brother knows has poor genetics
Our genetics are strong. Everybody lives 90+.
He doesn't take care of himself.
I on other hand do. I exercise a lot(running, circuit training, basketball) and eat pretty good.
He told me that "I'll die and he'll live because of mask".
He's usually a rational guy. I don't get it.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:57 pm to Privateer 2007
What's your brother political lean?
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:59 pm to notiger1997
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notiger1997
All of that exactly mirrors me.
Was fine with the temporary shutdown. I'm fine with masks and would never refuse to wear one because I'm not a dick. But I question the effectiveness too.
And I 100% think kids should be in school.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:59 pm to Methuselah
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gotta let it ride
I said from the get go. Isolate the frick out of frail and old ppl. I knew mortality nowhere near 3% they were talking. I saw all the celebs and athletes getting it. Figured infections 30 fold plus underreported at the start.
I was basically down with Sweden model. They did a shitty job keeping it out of nursing homes admittedly.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:59 pm to Salmon
This is my inlaws as well 
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:59 pm to Privateer 2007
My boss has gone from a “frick it Freddie” to a full blown Covid Karen in about a week. I called him out on it this morning.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 2:00 pm to Privateer 2007
I’ll wear a mask where it’s mandatory, I won’t wear one anywhere else. I think that both extremes of the mask debate are rather silly.
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